Tester Contract Job Trends in Burgess Hill

Tester
West Sussex > Burgess Hill

The median Tester daily rate in Burgess Hill is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Burgess Hill 10.87% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £218 - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £263 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median daily rate £250 - £463
% change year-on-year - - +5.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Burgess Hill

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Burgess Hill. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Burgess Hill with a recognized job title 44 28 14
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 87.50% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 9 8
10th Percentile £213 £271 £281
25th Percentile £225 £274 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £288 £372
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -22.48% +41.52%
75th Percentile £290 £290 £391
90th Percentile £300 £339 £423
West Sussex median daily rate £438 £440 £450
% change year-on-year -0.51% -2.22% -6.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.75 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £20.69 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £48.46 £18.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +157.47% -32.79% +14.47%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Burgess Hill

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Burgess Hill.

Tester job vacancy trend in Burgess Hill

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Burgess Hill

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Burgess Hill.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Burgess Hill

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill

For the 6 months to 23 August 2026, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Burgess Hill region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (40.00%) Java
4 2 (40.00%) Kafka
4 2 (40.00%) Kotlin
4 2 (40.00%) LLM
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 1 (20.00%) JIRA
5 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Microservices
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) SDLC
5 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (40.00%) LLM
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA